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Wall Street Bailout: Legitimate rescue, creeping socialism, or both? (episode)
Cries of financial socialism and criticism of the Treasury’s planned bailout were heard loudly from Capitol Hill, yesterday. James Politi of the Financial Times joins The Takeaway to assess the comments and the epithets.
President George W. Bush made the final speech of his presidential term to the United Nations General Assembly amidst the chaos of the financial meltdown on Wall Street.
We're in the full swing of the 2008 election cycle. But, in a groundbreaking year for race in politics, Patrik Henry Bass has noticed one influential group that's been quiet: black pr...
Year in and year out families gather to commemorate holidays and special events with iconic foods: at the Lunar New Year, dumplings; at Thanksgiving, turkey; and Rosh Hashana brings b...
Over the weekend, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson released his proposal for a $700-billion bailout package. Meanwhile, Democrats were hammering out a counterproposal to salvage the n...
In this week's New York Times Magazine ("When Judges Make Foreign Policy"), Harvard Law professor and author Noah Feldman breaks down what liberals and conservatives understand about ...
In the Amazon, some native tribes are burying their babies alive if they are born with birth defects — defects that can often be treated with modern medicine. Evangelical Christian mi...
The credit crisis has hit big business hard, but the blow to consumer confidence will probably mean bad news for small businesses as well. The Takeaway speaks with Dan Gross about th...
President Bush made the final speech of his presidency to the United Nations General Assembly Tuesday amidst the chaos of a financial meltdown on Wall Street. Neil MacFarquhar of the...
As the campaign season progresses, a new type of attack is emerging. Ads targeting Barack Obama have been produced by political action committees that are not connected to John McCai...